BRAIN FULL.

[nonelvis]

6:45am-7:45am: Shoveled out front steps, car, and most of driveway.
7:45am-8am: Shower and get dressed.
8am-8:10am: Unexpected pre-meeting phone call.
8:10am-8:30am: Breakfast
8:30am-8:40am: Last-minute email checking and meeting prep.
8:40am-8:55am: Remove last bits of snow and ice from car.
8:55am-9:20am: Drive to client site.
9:30am-12:15pm: Client meeting. (Note: this was supposed to end at 11:30am. However, it resulted in slack time being added to the schedule, so WIN.)
12:25pm-12:45pm: Drive home.
12:45pm-1:10pm: Lunch.
1:10pm-1:30pm: Catch up on all the email missed while out at meetings.
1:30pm-1:35pm: Discover that new "Voyage of the Damned" promo is online. Watch it twice, because it is awesome.
1:35pm-5:04pm: Email. Phonecalls. More email. IMs, business and personal. More fucking phonecalls. More email. STILL MORE FUCKING PHONECALLS. Short break to make rosemary walnuts for friend's party this evening. YET MORE EMAIL. Unexpected additional business proposal work.

Is it cocktail hour yet? It had better be.

Comments

[nonelvis]

I don't know why the recipe isn't on Epicurious -- maybe Gourmet hasn't posted its recipes from as far back as 1992? But in any case, the walnuts are about the easiest thing in the world to make, not to mention completely addictive:

Mix 8oz. shelled walnuts with 2 1/2 tbsp. melted butter, 2 tsp. crumbled dry rosemary, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Try not to eat them all at once.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Sounds tasty.

I do love that it specifies shelled walnuts. It's like one of the little warning labels for things you never think competent people would do. Hee. I shouldn't mock, but it's too much fun.

[nonelvis]

Well, actually, that was me specifying that ;-) but there's a good reason to specify that kind of thing anyway, which is that 8oz. of walnuts in the shell will yield less than 8oz. of shelled walnuts!

I did find a really good Label for the Stupid on a box of frozen pizza this week, though: it was something like "use potholders and both hands to remove pizza from oven." No, Stouffer's! I defy you with my one-handed pizza removal technique!

[anonuum.livejournal.com]

"use potholders and both hands to remove pizza from oven." No, Stouffer's! I defy you with my one-handed pizza removal technique!

Hey, EVERYONE knows one hand is needed to hold open the damn stove door! UNLESS one uses a foot (and there should be warning: "check that you wear thick socks before holding the stove door open with your foot!"), but dealing with a panful of hot pizza while standing on one foot is quite a feat of dexterity ...

[nonelvis]

Quite frankly, the day I see a warning reminding me not to open the stove door with my foot won't surprise me at all.